Tonight at 7:00pm, the Ironhouse Sanitary District have will discuss issuing a rate increase on ratepayers serviced by the District for 2015-16. The public hearing was noticed in April.
The proposed new annual sewer charge of $658 per ESU will be a 3.3 percent increase above the current rate of $637 and will take effect July 1, 2015 if adopted. If approved, the new rate will appear as a special assessment on the property tax bill for each property ISD serves. The maximum ISD can charge its users is $680.
ISD is citing rising costs as the reason behind the increase which include:
- Rising operating costs to collect, treat and dispose of wastewater.
- Loan payments for the Water Recycling Facility
- Repair and upgrade of ageing sewer Infrastructure
- Increase cost to meet regulatory requirements
- Fund reserve policies to insure adequate funds are available for future infrastructure maintenance replacement costs, and to slowly fund a rate stabilization reserve.
Here is a look at the rate increases since 2000:
- 2014 – $637 (+19 increase)
- 2013 – $618 (No change)
- 2012 – $618 (+26 increase)
- 2011 – $559 (+18 increase)
- 2010 – $574 (+32 increase)
- 2009 – $542 (+32 increase
- 2008 – $510 (+45 increase)
- 2007 – $465 (+53 increase)
- 2006 – $412 (+52 increase)
- 2005 – $360 (+60 increase)
- 2004 – $300 (+9 increase)
- 2003 – $291 (+9 increase)
- 2002 – $282 (+6 increase)
- 2001 – $276 (+18 increase
- 2000 – $258 (+10 increase)
If you go
DATE: Tuesday, June 2, 2015
TIME: 7:00 p.m – Regular Meeting
Location: Ironhouse Sanitary District Office, 450 Walnut Meadows Drive Oakley, CA 94561
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You have got to be kidding!
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